SOUTH COVENTRY ­— The Norchester Red Knights are at the halfway point in the 2012 football season and had a great outing last weekend.

Lenape Valley 26, Norchester Red Knights 18: The Red Knights Flag Team 1 had its three-game win streak snapped by Lenape Valley. Derek Larson rushed for two touchdowns and Derek Hinrichs crossed the goal line once for the Red Knights. Dylan Weaver led the way defensively with three tackles.

Norchester Red Knights 12, Lower Perkiomen 12: The Red Knights Flag Team 2 tied with Lower Perkiomen in a tight defensive battle. Alex Brandt led the defensive effort with five tackles. Zach Luchowski, Jackson Waters and Lucas Zachesky locked down the outside adding three tackles each. Honorable mentions to Jayson Beideman, Evan Belcher, Logan Frownfelter, Jacob Hirschman and Colton Waters who fought double teams on nearly every play, freeing up the others to make tackles. Alex Brandt and Dysen Neill each had touchdowns.

Norchester Red Knights 26, Abington 14: The 105-pound Red Knights beat Abington to bring their record to 4-2. The Red Knights had another strong outing, scoring 20 points in the first half. The kicking team of Darrian Seaman (snap), Ricky McCutchen (hold), and Dan Mancini (kicking), made their first kicking extra point. The Red Knights second team played a good portion of the second quarter and the whole second half, adding another score for the Red Knights in the second half. Scoring touchdowns were Scotty Honicker, Dan Mancini, Ethan Wiley, Dean Alkasmi behind the strong offensive line play of Jake Brownley, Kurt Sayers, Tom McClean, Siera Hails, Darrian Seaman, Ethan Stubanas and Peyton Brezski.

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Norchester Red Knights 13, New Hope 6: The 120-pound Red Knights defeated New Hope. Red Knights quarterback Matt Brownley threw a 22 yard touchdown pass to tight end Conner Zuch and ran a touchdown in from the four-yard line. The Red Knights defense stonewalled the Lions, only giving up one big play in the first quarter.

Coventry Wildcats Mites

The Coventry Wildcats Varsity Mites improved to 3-0, topping previously unbeaten Spring-Ford Blue by a score of 18-14. Coventry went up 12-0 the first half as Ty Livers broke for a 48-yard touchdown and then followed it up with a halfback pass to Isaac White to end the scoring for the first half (12-0).

Spring-Ford’s offense was held in check until a bad snap resulted in the Rams taking over on the two-yard line. After two great stops by the Coventry defense, Spring-Ford’s Ryan Engro completed a touchdown pass to get the Rams on the board. The Rams scored again late in the fourth quarter as Engro made a great play completing a long pass to Fitzgerald on a forth-and-forever play which looked as though was going to end in a sack. Coventry got great play out of its linebackers led by Champ Doyle (five solo tackles, eight assists), Issac White (six solo tackles, five assists) and Antonio Petrucelli (five solo tackles, eight assists). The three combined for 38 tackles and kept the Ram offense in check all day.

Trailing 14-12 with 47 seconds left, Ty Livers took the direct snap around the left end and followed great down-field blocking by Petrucelli, White and Doyle, going 65 yards for the game-winning score. With 25 ticks on the clock, Coventry’s Connor Leister sealed the win when he recovered the ensuing kickoff. Champ Doyle took a knee on the next possession ending the game and claiming the victory.

Spring-Ford

Spring-Ford Rams 20, Pottsgrove Falcons 0: The Spring-Ford second-grade Blue team’s offensive line paved the way as quarterback Tyler Scarpulla handed off to Cole Nilles, who scored two touchdowns in a win over the Falcons. Jaden Minter picked the Falcons quarterback for the third touchdown. Luke Fazio, Matteo Smith, Jake Reigh, and Cole Smith led the Rams defense with 14 tackles to hold the Falcons scoreless. Paul Newlin forced a fumble with seconds left in the game to clinch the shutout.

Spring-Ford Rams 31, Boyertown Red 6: The Spring-Ford second-grade Gold team overpowered Boyertown Red with six different players scoring. Jack Gallagher, AJ Folino, Gage Swanger and Donovan Orlip all scored touchdowns and Charlie Kobs secured the only one extra point scored. The Rams defense was led by Gavin Vigilante and Michael Scalia.

Spring-Ford Rams 20, Pottsgrove Falcons 6: The Spring-Ford third-grade Blue team beat the Pottsgrove Falcons in a hard fought battle. Two touchdown runs by Johnny Pergine and one by Gage Sibilly proved to be the difference for the Rams. Spring-Ford`s hard hitting defense was led by Steele DePeterillo and C.J. Marchini. Brad Zielinski added with two forced fumbles and a interception.

Spring-Ford Rams 14, Boyertown Red 13: The Spring-Ford third-grade Gold team held off Boyertown. Ryan Spangler and Ryan Freed had fumble recoveries for the Rams and Trey Tiffan had a solid defensive outing with six tackles. Christopher Quigley tackled the Boyertown runner as time ran out to secure the win. Leading the way with strong blocking on offense were Ryan Lepore, Mac Kobs, Ryan Dougherty, Gabe Annoia and Andy Craig. Ryan Horvath scored a touchdown and had two extra points. Ryan Freed also had a touchdown.

Spring-Ford Rams 12, Pottsgrove Falcons 6: The Spring-Ford fourth-grade Blue team beat the Pottsgrove Falcons in a hard fought game, played well by both teams defenses. With the game tied 6-6 and only a few minutes left in the game, Joey Brogan had an interception to give the Rams the ball back with a chance to win the game. After moving the ball up field, Justin Machita broke for a run to the outside to score his second touchdown of the day to will the win for the Rams.

Boyertown Red 20, Spring-Ford Rams 6: The Spring-Ford fourth-grade Gold team lost to a strong Boyertown Red squad. Despite giving up touchdowns on three big plays, the Rams defense played strong all day with standout performances from Naphtali Stine, Joe O’Donnell and Zachary Marinello. Jack Price connected with Josh Pergine on a pass for the Rams lone touchdown. Christian Curatolo, David Loughead III, Connor McMahon, and Matthew Marchese had a strong day on the offensive line, and running backs Jake Santangelo and Andrew Yoon produced big yardage all day.

Spring-Ford Rams 19, Pottsgrove Falcons 0: The Spring-Ford sixth-grade Blue blanked Pottsgrove. Mark McNelly returned a punt 60 yards for a touchdown to start the scoring for the Rams. Gavin McGill had a shifty 46-yard touchdown and over 100 yards of total offense on the day. Nick DelRomano and Peyton Gensler led a swarming defensive effort and Liam Hall and McNelly had tochdown saving tackles to keep a potent Pottsgrove offense off the scoreboard. Myles Turner and Walt Molishus opened up holes that led to back-to-back plays in excess of 30 yards by Rams ball carriers.

Spring-Ford Rams 21, Boyertown Red 14: The Spring-Ford sixth-grade Gold team improved upped its record to 3-0 beating Boyertown during the 2nd annual Ram Bowl. Offensively, JJ Smiley scored twice, the second on a 25-yard scoring strike from James Begg giving the Rams a 14-0 lead at the half. After Boyertown scored twice in the third quarter, the offensive line led a scoring drive of 55 yards in nine plays midway in the fourth quarter with Adrian Sibilly going the final two yards. The line consisted of Dante Cioci, Tre Howard, Dean Costalas, Nate Hammerle, Jack Files and Matt Maynard. Defensively, the defensive backs led the team. Max Bunn and Smiley had interceptions and Michael Collins, Alex Koretke and Adrian Sibilly were key to the swarming Ram defense. The gang tackling prevented the Bears from scoring in the fourth quarter to preserve the win.

Pottsgrove

The Pottsgrove Youth Football Falcons midget varsity team entered last weekend’s game at Spring-Ford Ram Bowl with a 3-0 record. A well rounded Falcons team has been playing solid football offensively, defensively, and especially on special teams. Accounting for the three wins, Twin Valley was the first to fall by a score of 26-20, Boyertown had trouble with a tough Falcon’s defense, losing 19-6 and Berks Catholic lost a hard fought battle 26-19.

The Falcons came ready to play in Spring-Ford’s Ram Bowl. Pottsgrove’s special teams starred again with great kicking by Jaden Blakey, excellent coverage, many big hits, and a blocked punt by Larry Wingo. The offensive line with Tommy Doyle, Justin Adams, Skylar Mcleod, Larry Wingo and Angel Zamorano opened holes for the backs all day. Rasul Faison scored a 25-yard touchdown after the blocked punt, and Blake Strain scored on a 20-yard run a few minutes later. Faison and Strain would both add their second touchdowns of the day, each from 45-yards out, while fullback Parris Janusek would score both extra points.

A stingy Falcon defense led by Justin Adams, Skylar Mcleod, Alex Salata, Kahlim Smith and Jay Sisko held the Rams scoreless. Key contributions were made by James Crocker, Colby Lynch, David Curtin, Cole Bitting and D.J Pearson.

BASEBALL

The Triple Threat Bearcats 11U baseball travel team brought home another championship last weekend, going 5-0 and sweeping the field at the ECTB Bat Wars Tourney in Bethlehem.

The young Cats picked up where they left off over the summer, dominating the field by scoring a total of 52 runs while allowing only 22. They knocked off All-Star Baseball Academy (Hatboro), 5-2, and Spooky Nook Baseball, 13-6, on Day 1 to be the No. 2 seed for Sunday’s championship.

With a first round bye, the young Bearcats seemed to get stronger as the day went on as they defeated All-Star Baseball Academy (Downingtown), 11-6, in quarterfinals, then touted theLehigh Valley Baseball Academy Prospects, 12-5, and finished up defeating the Hamilton A’s (N.J.), 11-3, in a five-inning mercy-ruled game for their seventh championship of the year.

REC WRAP

Ray Feick, of Gilbertsville, swept the Throwing Classic last weekend at the University of Delaware. The master thrower took first in all seven events and set meet records in three.

Feick placed first in the hammer with a 93-3; first in shot put with a meet record 28-6; first in discus with a 68-1; first in javelin with a 67-5; first in the 12-pound weight with a 38-6; first in weight pentathlon with a meet record 2,980 points; and first in 25-pounds super weight with a meet record 20-3.